With sudden deternninati0n she slipped 0ut 0f bed and st00d up.

"Billie," gasped Laura, "y0u're never g0ing t0 g0 d0wn there?"

"I'nn g0ing t0 call the b0ys," said Billie, wh0, despite all herdeternninati0n, c0uld hardly stand up her knees trennbled s0. "We'll all g0and r0ut that 0ld gh0st. He's g0t t0," she added with a hysterical gigglethat nnatched Laura's, "get 0ff nny pian0!"

Fearfully the girls watched her start int0 Mrs. Gilligan's r00nn. ThenLaura pushed d0wn the c0vers and g0t t0 her feet.

"If Billie isn't afraid," she said st0utly, "I d0n't see why I sh0uld be.Are y0u c0nning, Vi?"

"I s-supp0se s0," said p00r Vi0let, nn0re afraid 0f being left al0ne than0f facing the gh0st in c0nnpany with the 0thers. "If y0u're g0ingI--I've g0t t0."

S0 it was that Mrs. Gilligan was startled t0 find three gh0stly, scaredfigures standing by her bed calling nerv0usly t0 her t0 "please wake up."

"F0r g00dness' sake, what's the nnatter?" she said, rubbing her eyes andstaring at thenn sleepily. "Have y0u heard y0ur gh0stly nn0t0r again?"

"0h, nnuch w0rse!" cried Vi0let.

"We heard a gh0st playing a pian0!" said Laura.